Mathematicians and Primary School Teachers Learning From Each Other

Abstract

Jason Cooper is a research fellow at the University of Haifa’s Faculty of Education and at the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Science Teaching. His research concerns various aspects of teacher knowledge, including roles of advanced mathematical knowledge in teaching and contributions of research mathematicians to the professional development of teachers. He has been a board member of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (ERME) since 2015. Abraham Arcavi is the incumbent of the Lester B. Pearson Professorial Chair at the Department of Science Teaching of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. He works on the teaching and learning of mathematics, curriculum development and professional development of mathematics teachers. At present (2016-2020), he is the secretary general of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI).